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Members of Congress are currently discussing renewal of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization (STR), a bill that will impact the options we have for getting around, our future climate, air quality & even our wallets. Join us in calling for a better transportation future: act.ucsusa.org/4uUEIXl
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What’s an indirect source of pollution? Facilities like ports, warehouses, and rail yards that attract air pollution through the operation of trucks, vans, and cargo equipment. We have tools to protect our communities by focusing on these pollution hot-spots. Learn more: act.ucsusa.org/45X8TSR
The authoritarian, violent, and anti-science actions of the Trump admin over the past week show clear contempt for democracy and the public good, endangering people in the US and around the world. Congress must uphold its constitutional responsibility and hold the administration accountable.
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This #GivingTuesday, UCS needs urgent support to continue leading the charge to defend science, our planet, and our communities. Make a gift before midnight on December 2nd, and your gift will count toward a 3X match campaign, up to $250,000. Donate: act.ucsusa.org/Giving2025
🔋🚗 Over a million EVs are already on the road—and counting. That increase will create a demand for more battery materials. Recycling older batteries from retired EVs could meet a good amount of that new demand, and doing so will mean less mining, which is a win for communities and the environment.
The Trump administration plans to dismantle NSF’s National Center for Atmospheric Research, potentially closing its main lab in Boulder. UCS's @carlonimbus.bsky.social explains how NCAR keeps us safe and how you can help protect it. Take action: act.ucsusa.org/4ceWei9
The Trump admin intends to dismantle the National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), one of the US' leading weather and climate research institutions. We must urge Congress to halt this dangerous action immediately. 🔗Take action: act.ucsusa.org/4oWtCwz
Today, Administrator Zeldin took a chainsaw to the Endangerment Finding, undoing this long-standing, science-based finding on bogus grounds at the expense of our health.
Our movement is growing. Our power is collective. Our resistance is nonviolent. March 28 is our next nationwide mobilization against authoritarianism. We have the power and we're claiming it TOGETHER. NO THRONES. NO CROWNS. #NOKINGS2026 🔗 www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2958...
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After weeks of tension, the B.C. premier has spoken on the future of DRIPA. Hear the reaction across parties and if any Indigenous rights are on the chopping block, tonight on APTN National News. Watch live: www.youtube.com/@aptnnews
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🔒 New security bills in Canada could threaten refugee rights. Hear more on this week’s rabble radio episode. rabble.ca/podcast/new-... @sarahsahagian.bsky.social
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Erin bent herself into pretzels to come up with her ridiculously horrible opinion that Steyer would be better for LGBTQ+ than Becerra because she liked Steyer’s sound bite. It’s one of most disingenuous opinion pieces I’ve read, besides @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social bs re Steyer on climate.
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New comic dub! Two big robots, each with their own views and moral codes! Hope you enjoy this one! Thank you @zfireart.bsky.social for letting us dub this! Baymax: @variablezero.bsky.social Omega: Me #SonictheHedgehog #Disney #BigHero6 #VoiceActing #Comicdub
With the sun shining and summer on the way, let’s take a moment to look after our mental health and prioritise #SelfCare ☀️ Watch our short animation for simple ways to boost your wellbeing — it’s easier than you think 🤗 #MentalHealth @nhscandm.bsky.social
The Summer Pacers are such a pain. Picked up full-court with three back-court defenders. The ball didn't touch the paint here until there was less than five seconds left on the shot-clock. My takeaways from Game 1 in Vegas: www.patreon.com/posts/on-ray...
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They clearly want an America where everyone is made to be afraid to say anything bad about dear leader (just like they are!), while night & day he shits with impunity all over whoever and whatever pops into his twisted old toddler brain.
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We are at the FNHMA 13th Annual National Conference in beautiful Montreal! If you’re attending the opening reception tonight, stop by Booth #18 to talk to our staff about our data sovereignty work, explore our job opportunities, pick up some of our great FNIGC swag and enter our raffle!
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A relationship we all needed to end: the one with lightweight plastic carrier bags 💔 Over a decade ago, the EU started moving on, with the entrance into force of the Plastic Bags Directive. Choose reusable. Help #BeatPlasticPollution More 👉 link.europa.eu/9TdGhC
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“#Israel is currently destroying #Tyre — a 5000 year old city, home to hundreds of thousands of people. Zero condemnation from a single British politician. Endless impunity; a time of barbarism and monsters.” #warcrimes #uk
John Oliver: Just last week, administration officials triumphantly announced indictments as part of their ongoing crackdown on health care fraud. But [...] some of those fraud cases seem strikingly similar to those for which Trump has granted clemency, when people have had connections to him.
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#NarcoRubio : "A country that cannot build ships, or produce medicine, or control immigration, or access vital resources cannot defend its people, cannot defend its interests, and cannot defend its way of life." 🤡 --Well.. is clear that US can do that, BUT is doing NOTHING for their own people